The All-Russian and Soviet Art Thread

[model_mom]

I viewed this collection on TV one evening and was astounded at the amount of Russian art this foudation inherited from the Post family. Her husband was a US ambassador to the Soviet Union right after the fall of the Russian Empire.

http://trio.hillwoodmuseum.org/art.php

[seanutbutter]

Originally Posted by gius

i can't believe all the metro stations are like that so luxurious

I don't think they're all like that, just some. I'd sure be impressed if they were, though.

[espritDEcouture]

Originally Posted by seanutbutter

I don't think they're all like that, just some. I'd sure be impressed if they were, though.

You're right. Only most are.

[ChrissyM]

this thread is making me want to go to Russia

[espritDEcouture]

Originally Posted by ChrissyM

this thread is making me want to go to Russia

We should plan something like: "tFSers Hit Russia"

[seanutbutter]

^ Kak zhe klassno! That sounds like it'd be a neat experience.

[auxt]

Great thread, Russia has a rich history of art and culture

The Amber Room was an intricately crafted chamber decoration taken by the Nazis in WWII. Treasure hunters have searched land and sea for the room ever since.
A duplicate was completed in 2003.

Here is the only original color photo


wikipedia

more information from Russia Today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaeoXWpwmDQ

[flipcalendar]

The Amber Room was an intricately crafted chamber decoration taken by the Nazis in WWII. Treasure hunters have searched land and sea for the room ever since.
A duplicate was completed in 2003.

Wowwww, that's quite a story...and an incredibly decorated room!

[Royal-Galliano]

VOGUE UK January 2007: "WHITE NIGHTS" photographed by TIM WALKER, fashion by KATE PHELAN
starring SASHA PIVOVAROVA
Part 1




pivovarovist.eu.tt

[Royal-Galliano]

Part 2



pivovarovist.eu.tt

[Royal-Galliano]

Kizhi (Кижи) is an island on Lake Onega in the Republic of Karelia (Medvezhyegorsky District), Russia with a beautiful ensemble of wooden churches, chapels and houses. It is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Russia and an UNESCO World Heritage Site.


donnacorless @ flickr


dmitryku @ flickr

Kizhi island is about 7 km long and 0.5 km wide. It is surrounded by about 5,000 other islands, most of which are very small—some of them just rock outcroppings (called "skerries"), though some are as big as 35 km long. Access to Kizhi is by hydrofoil across Lake Onega from Petrozavodsk (numerous trips every day in the summer), by snowcat (in the winter), or by cruise ship. There is no lodging on Kizhi for overnight guests.



Butch O. @ flickr

The Kizhi Pogost, as it is known in Russian, is the area inside the perimeter wall or fence and includes 2 large churches and a bell-tower. But the entire island of Kizhi is a museum with many historically significant and beautiful wooden and log structures including windmills, chapels, boat- and fish-houses, saunas, barns and graneries, and homes. There are two small villages on the island that are home to a few local fishermen. Museum staff also live in the old log homes found in these villages.


svetikk2000 @ flickr

The jewel of its architecture is the 22-domed Transfiguration Church (1714), with a large iconostasis—a wooden screen covered with religious portraits, featuring much gold leaf. This iconostasis is in Petrozavodsk until restoration of the Transfiguration Church is completed (scheduled completion is 2014, the 300th anniversary of this monumental church). The massive Transfiguration Church (also known as the "summer church") is about 30m tall, making it one of the tallest log structures in the world. The smaller, nine-domed Intercession Church (also known as the "winter church") was built in 1764, and its iconostasis is intact and can be seen by visitors. The third structure inside the Pogost is the belltower which was built in 1874. The belltower is also constructed with walls of horizontally-fitted logs, though they are covered by exterior wooden planks and cannot be seen. These structures were erected without any nails or other metal, and were made of scribe-fitted horizontal logs, with interlocking corner joinery—either round notch or dovetail—cut by axes. The pine trees used for wall construction were brought to Kizhi from the mainland nearby—a notable transport feat for the 18th century.

[wikipedia]

[sethii]

i thought it was a prop created by british vogue

[lakomka]

Kizhi is a dream

sam.kg (posted by kavaler)

[MyNameIs]

WOW, it sure is. It reminds me of all the old fairytales. Oh good old days.

[Royal-Galliano]

oh, dont get me started on russian fairtales. they were like my second breast-feed.
mine was called "krasota bezgranichnaya" ("the immense beauty")